None but the Hungry Heart

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy" (Ps. 126:5).

Our Father is never our debtor. Whatever price He asks of us He will repay with infinite and eternal compound interest.

"There is a universal misapprehension that godliness means immunity from suffering. It is so often...

Seeing that we have died to that which once held us in bondage, the Law has now no hold over us" (Rom. 7:6a, Wey.).

For the believer, the dominion of Law is just as devastating as the dominion of Sin. At Calvary, death freed us from both.

"Theological teaching since the...

You really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God. . . Such persons are mere babes" (Heb. 5:12; 13, Wey.).

When it comes to spiritual growth, sooner or later the thought arises, "Surely the work of the Cross...

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ" (Phil. 3:7).

"Whosoever will lose his life for My sake, the same shall save it" (Lk. 9:24). Once we learn this great paradox of the Lord, all will be gain, our good, and His glory.

"Unto me, who am less than the least of all...

Tribulation worketh patience" (Rom. 5:3).

The source of our Christian life is a Person, and the growth of that life in us is a gradual process - comparable to a grain of wheat, or a branch in the vine.

"A person whose ancestors for three or four generations have all been...

Now the just shall live by faith" (Heb. 10:38).

Until we grow beyond the childish realm of sight and feelings we cannot go forward; up and down, and sideways, but not forward.

"Our Father wants us in the place where we do not depend upon feelings; where, though we do not behold...

Walk in (dependence upon) the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Gal. 5:16)

That which we most dread weakness and failure-are the very means by which our Father turns us from self-reliance to full dependence 200 upon the Holy Spirit.

“Walking in dependence...

He who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6).

When one begins to realize the complexity of simple spiritual growth, he learns to keep his hands off, and his faith on.

"Regeneration is a birth: the center and root of the...

For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls" (1 Pet. 2:25).

It is during the time of our being broken that we learn that His promises concerning us cannot be broken.

"It is more than comforting to realise that it is those...

Without faith it is impossible to please Him" (Heb. 11:6).

Rationalism defies God; Ritualism degrades God.

"With Rationalism's intellectual audacity on the one hand, which dares to speak against the Word of God; and on the other hand, the outward piety of Ritualism - there is...

The life-giving power of the Spirit. . . has set us free from the power of sin and death" (Rom. 8:2, Wms.).

The Holy Spirit ministers to our mind via the Word, and He conditions our heart via our daily experiences.

"A believer may know that he is positionally free, and yet have to...

As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in Me" (John 15.4).

The old life is a dead branch, and cannot abide in the Lord Jesus. Our new life is one spirit with Him: a living branch abiding in the True Vine. As we learn to rest upon this fact of our position in Him, abiding becomes our restful attitude.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength" (Isa. 30:15).

Time is a prime factor in one's assurance of the Father's leading. Rush and agitation are the prime factors in the Enemy's leading. God will give us time to watch and make sure; Satan demands action, right now!

God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shone in our hearts" (2 Cor. 4:6a).

The Father tolerates our side of things until we learn to value His side of things.

"Make your Father's side of things your interest and concern, and your side will be fully ensured;...